Try Archive::Zip (to zip it into Zip format) or Compress:Zlib (GZip or deflate/inflate compression schemes).
They are available from http://www.activestate.com and please use your PPM to download the same. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zhe Hong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 7:21 AM Subject: Compression > Hi to all the perl gurus and wonderful people in this list. > > I am on a very slow internet connection. (56kbps) My problem is I have > to routinely upload a 20meg text file to my webhost. It usually takes 1 > and a half hours to do so. Is there a perl module that can compress the > text file to say around 2 meg and uncompress it at the server so that I > don't have to waste that much time uploading it? > > I'm running activeperl 5.6 on a win2k. > > Thanks in advance! > > Zhe > > PS: please excuse my english. > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
